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RIYADH (Reuters) - Iraq's government needs to show Sunni Muslim citizens that it is on their side as its forces, alongside Shi'ite militias, advance towards areas held by Islamic State militants, British Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said on ...Reuters UK, 5 hours ago

Iraq's armed forces have begun a campaign to push ISIL militants out of the mainly Sunni Muslim province of Salahuddin, north of Baghdad. The Iraqi government's ultimate goal is to take control of the area and reverse the balance of power. ...

The head of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious seat of learning, called on Sunday for education reform in Muslim countries in an effort to contain the spread of religious extremism. Speaking at counter-terrorism forum in the Saudi holy city ...

Hazara Muslims are often the target of sectarian violence at the hands of Sunni Muslim groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan. (Photo: Reuters) Masked gunmen have abducted 30 Shia Muslim men who were travelling by bus through central Afghanistan, ...

Representational Image. (Photo: PTI/File) Kanpur: A delegation of Muslim clerics led by the Sunni Ulema Council's General Secretary met RSS functionary Indresh and posed six questions to the Sangh including whether it has prepared a format to ...

Reuters BAGHDAD Islamic State fighters have abducted 100 Sunni Muslim tribesmen near the city of Tikrit, local tribal leaders said on Wednesday, apparently to neutralise suspected opponents before a widely expected army offensive. Iraqi soldiers ...

The grand sheikh of Egypt's Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most respected seat of learning, says a historical misreading of the Quran and the life of the Prophet Muhammad have led to extremism among Muslims. Speaking at the opening of a conference ...

being influential," said one former neighbour of Baghdadi, who was the third of four sons born to a devout Sunni Muslim family. BERLIN: Feared Islamic State chiefAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi, carrying a USD 10 million bounty on his head, had to repeat a year at ...

rding to Dawn, Egypt's top Muslim authority, the 1,000 year old Al-Azhar university revered by Sunni Muslims around the world, issued a statement expressing "deep anger over the lowly terrorist act" by what it called a "Satanic, terrorist" group. The Grand ...

Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's most prestigious centre of learning, has called for the killing and crucifixion of militants from the Islamic State group, expressing outrage over their murder of a Jordanian pilot.